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Recession deals Burbank some blows
More Burbank residents were unemployed and without health insurance last year than in 2007 and 2009, respectively, according to 2011 census estimates released this week. Unemployment among Burbank workers reached 8.4% in 2011, up from 5.2% in 2007,...
Tags: Health Insurance, Health and Safety at Work, Unemployment Benefits, Poverty, Social Issues
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News of Burbank city manager's pending departure shocks City Hall
Burbank City Manager Mike Flad announced on Monday plans to leave the Media City and take the top post at the city of South Gate, stunning city officials who expected him to retire in the city where he had spent more than two decades building his career....
Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Government, Media Industry, Public Officials
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Burbank to explore limitations on wireless communications equipment
The City Council on Tuesday directed officials to look at options for limiting how and where wireless telecommunications facilities are built, particularly when it involves buildings such as churches and libraries and in residential areas. Among the...Tags: Telecommunication Equipment, Science and Technology, Electronics, Family, Medical Procedures and Tests
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DeBell income grows
The city-owned DeBell Golf Club saw a 13.4%, or $22,221, spike in operating revenue in July compared to the same period last year, officials reported this week. The uptick, which comes a year after the city authorized a $2-million bailout, half of...
Tags: Golf, Sports
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Google Fiber strikes distribution deal with Disney
Google is ready for some "Monday Night Football." Walt Disney Co. has struck a distribution deal with Google Fiber to add its cable networks, including ESPN, ABC Family and Disney Channel, to the new broadband pay-TV service the search-engine giant is...Tags: ABC Family (tv network), Disney Channel (tv network), Joe Flint, DirecTV Group Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc.
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Warner Bros. eyes the future through its 'tech ops'
The lobbies of most Hollywood offices are decorated with movie posters and Academy Awards. But on the sixth floor of a building on Warner Bros.' Burbank lot, the lobby is decorated with patents — 24 of them, for things such as "a method and...
Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Politics, Lobbying, Los Angeles Times, Ben Fritz
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Burbank police to conduct DUI checkpoint Saturday
Burbank police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint Saturday at an undisclosed location in the city. The grant-funded checkpoint will run from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. and is aimed at reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries as a result of... -
San Fernando Valley roundup: The woman who tweets as Glen Bearian, Metro expands weekend hours and Encino man suspected of shooting out windows
Good morning, readers. Today is Saturday, July 14, 2012. We'll start with a curious story that has stretched from Sherman Oaks to Woodland Hills. Police have been looking for someone who has been shooting marbles and ball bearings into windows across...
Tags: Bob Hope, Shootings, Media Industry, Twitter, Inc.
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Burbank opts to appeal police detective verdict
For the second time, Burbank has decided to continue fighting a jury verdict, this time involving a $150,000 award to an Armenian American police detective who said he was harassed and discriminated against because of his ethnicity. Burbank City Atty....Tags: Justice System, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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San Fernando Valley roundup: L.A. River ready for kayakers, Power goes out in Chastworth, and Police arrest alleged Burbank bike thief
Good morning, readers. Today is Sunday, July 15, 2012. Have you ever walked next to the Los Angeles River and wondered how toxic the water is? Members of the L.A. Conservation Corps navigated the river on kayaks yesterday, inspecting the area before...
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Fore! Disc golf comes to DeBell
A year after Burbank's struggling DeBell Golf Club had to tap a $2-million bailout loan from the city, the course is turning to a different version of its bread-and-butter sport to help bring it out of the red — disc golf. DeBell's new par-3 disc...
Tags: Golf, Sports
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San Gabriel man arrested after struggle with Burbank police officer
A San Gabriel man was arrested Friday night after he allegedly tried to remove a Burbank police officer’s gun from its holster during an “intense” struggle. At about 11 p.m. Friday, the officer was traveling northbound on Clybourn...Tags: Crimes, Hatteras, Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests
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